Deep Creek & Weston 12/15/06

[BrianID]

I had time to fish each reservoir for 1 hour and 45 minutes today. For me, fishing was slower than it has been the last two trips but was finally able to get into a couple carry over fish.

At Weston I had only 3 bites(that I saw) in an hour and a half and only iced one fish. It was a nice carry over rainbow though. Ice at Weston was 6.5" in all holes +/- 1/4".

At Deep Creek I only managed to ice 6 rainbows from 11"-14". My friend did get a nice one though. I didn't measure the ice but it was about 4" of solid clear ice.

I didn't need a board to get on either reservoir.
I will post some pictures and a little more info latter when I have time.
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[bdn06]

Just curious, have you ever had much luck with the rapala ice jigging lures?
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[BrianID]

bdn06,

I typically use a jigging rapala on one of my 5 poles that I use while ice fishing. I mostly use it as an attractor and weight. I fish a small ice fly below the jigging rapala. I don't catch very many fish on the jigging rapala itself. I would bet I have caught more than 50 rainbows on the ice fly below the jigging rapala for every 1 rainbow that I have caught on the jigging rapala. If I fished places with carnivorous fish more often I would probably catch more fish on the jigging rapala. Yesterday the jigging rapala and ice fly combo in 20-25 feet of water probably had 8 or 10 bites in an hour and 45 minutes at Deep Creek.
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[BrianID]

I forgot to mention that there were guys ice fishing Devil Creek when I drove by it. There were some fishing out from the boat ramp and one guy by the dam. From the interstate it appeared one could ice fish most of Devil Creek as longs as they were careful.

This is a picture I took as we were leaving Weston. For some reason the camera didn't save the pictures I took of the carry over fish I caught at Weston. It must have been the camera's fault because I know it wasn't operator error.[crazy]


After leaving Weston and setting up to fish at Deep Creek I realized that I had lost a rod case of mine that included four ice roads. After going back to Weston I found the rod case not far from where we parked. After I looked over the picture that I took before we left Weston I could see the rod case in the pictures. Don't ask me how I was able to take a picture of them and leave without noticing the rod case laying on the ground in front of me.[crazy]


Here is the highlight of the trip. It is a picture of my friend’s fish he caught at Deep Creek. He was very pleased with it and it is his largest rainbow to date. I believe this fish was planted in Deep Creek on 9/22/06. It was the only time Hayspur rainbows have been planted in Deep Creek since in was drained in 2003. The Hayspur rainbows that I was catching out of Deep Creek in December of 2004 and January of 2005 were about 8"-11". If you give these guys a couple years to grow up they can be a beautiful fish. Unfortunately few fish last more than 6 months in most of these small reservoirs around Malad and Preston.

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[OvidCreek]

Thanks for the report Brian; I plan on fishing this area on the 23rd. Has Weston always had its good days and bad days? Your reports on Weston almost remind me of Palies; either you are into the fish or not. Again thanks with the help of your reports I will probably hit Deep first and use Devil as a back up. One day I will find myself at Weston or Crowthers.

OvidCreek
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